difference betw. Mozilla, SeaMonkey, Firefox?
Hello, can anybody explain to me what the difference between these projects is? They're all "Mozilla", but why schould I install Firefox and not SeaMonkey or vice-versa? Is one more "modern" or "better maintained" than the other? Daniel -- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Switzerland professional photography: http://www.daniel-bauer.com special interest site: http://www.bauer-nudes.com
On 16/03/06, Daniel Bauer
Hello,
can anybody explain to me what the difference between these projects is? They're all "Mozilla", but why schould I install Firefox and not SeaMonkey or vice-versa? Is one more "modern" or "better maintained" than the other?
Daniel. SeaMonkey is the new updated (cleaned up and streamlined) version of the Mozilla suite. Mozilla was not just a browser, don't forget. It was mail reader, browser and news reader all in one hence the 'suite' part. Firefox, again, is the cleaned up successor to Mozilla but with a big difference. It is a stand alone browser not a mail client or news reader. These can of course be accomplished via web based sites but they are not integrated into Firefox. That's where Thunderbird comes in :-) If you want e-mail reading capability you install Thunderbird. Which also runs as stand alone. Hope that's of some help. -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== Xmas may be over but, PLEASE DON'T drink and drive you'll make it to the next one that way. Kevan Farmer Linux user #373362 Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR
Thanks for explanation. Daniel Am Donnerstag, 16. März 2006 12:31 schrieb Kevanf1:
On 16/03/06, Daniel Bauer
wrote: Hello,
can anybody explain to me what the difference between these projects is? They're all "Mozilla", but why schould I install Firefox and not SeaMonkey or vice-versa? Is one more "modern" or "better maintained" than the other?
Daniel. SeaMonkey is the new updated (cleaned up and streamlined) version of the Mozilla suite. Mozilla was not just a browser, don't forget. It was mail reader, browser and news reader all in one hence the 'suite' part. Firefox, again, is the cleaned up successor to Mozilla but with a big difference. It is a stand alone browser not a mail client or news reader. These can of course be accomplished via web based sites but they are not integrated into Firefox. That's where Thunderbird comes in :-) If you want e-mail reading capability you install Thunderbird. Which also runs as stand alone.
Hope that's of some help. -- ============================================== I am only human, please forgive me if I make a mistake it is not deliberate. ============================================== Xmas may be over but, PLEASE DON'T drink and drive you'll make it to the next one that way.
Kevan Farmer
Linux user #373362
Cheslyn Hay Staffordshire WS6 7HR
-- Daniel Bauer photographer Basel Switzerland professional photography: http://www.daniel-bauer.com special interest site: http://www.bauer-nudes.com
Daniel Bauer wrote:
Hello,
can anybody explain to me what the difference between these projects is? They're all "Mozilla", but why schould I install Firefox and not SeaMonkey or vice-versa? Is one more "modern" or "better maintained" than the other?
Firefox is a browser only, which is included with SeaMonkey, along with the Thunderbird email client. Mozilla is the older browser and email package.
Daniel, On Thursday 16 March 2006 03:22, Daniel Bauer wrote:
Hello,
can anybody explain to me what the difference between these projects is? They're all "Mozilla", but why schould I install Firefox and not SeaMonkey or vice-versa? Is one more "modern" or "better maintained" than the other?
If you like Mozilla over FireFox for any reason (I do, mostly because of things like the much richer set of configuration options available, the multi-component sidebar, less intrusive dialog-free search mode, etc.), then you should move up to SeaMonkey. You'll find it has all the good things you knew and loved about Mozilla but will run all the fantastic new add-ons being written for FireFox.
Daniel
Randall Schulz
On 06/03/16 13:48 Randall R Schulz apparently typed:
On Thursday 16 March 2006 03:22, Daniel Bauer wrote:
can anybody explain to me what the difference between these projects is? They're all "Mozilla", but why schould I install Firefox and not SeaMonkey or vice-versa? Is one more "modern" or "better maintained" than the other?
Here's who Firefox is targeted to: http://www.mozilla.org/projects/firefox/ue/philosophy/realities.html On SeaMonkey: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SeaMonkey http://wiki.mozilla.org/SeaMonkey:Reasons
If you like Mozilla over FireFox for any reason (I do, mostly because of things like the much richer set of configuration options available, the multi-component sidebar, less intrusive dialog-free search mode, etc.), then you should move up to SeaMonkey. You'll find it has all the good things you knew and loved about Mozilla but will run all the fantastic new add-ons being written for FireFox.
There are far more add-ons written for Firefox than for SeaMonkey, but that's because of the reduced feature set that is the philosophy behind Firefox. The add-ons are required to get back portions of the Mozilla Suite feature set that were eliminated from Firefox during construction in order to make Firefox smaller and simpler. Those who want to use FF instead SM but with added features from multiple extensions to get back the missing stuff would do well to consider using SeaMonkey instead: http://dbaron.org/log/2006-01 -- "Blessed are they whose ways are blameless, who walk according to the law of the Lord." Psalm 119:11 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.no-ip.com/auth/auth
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Daniel Bauer
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Felix Miata
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James Knott
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Kevanf1
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